רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ (ra·ḥă·me·ḵā) in Psalms 51:1: Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular

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Noun

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular

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Masculine

Plural

Construct

Second person Masculine Singular

The noun phrase has no aspect; it supplies the merciful ground for the imperative blot out.

The construct plural receives Your and stands after according to, while the adjective great describes the abundance of the compassion invoked.

Your great as the abundant divine mercy according to which the psalmist asks that transgressions be blotted out

The opening plea for mercy grounded in God's loving devotion and abundant compassion

The masculine plural construct noun carries a second masculine singular suffix, addressing God and naming His compassions as the measure of the appeal.

Plural form does not imply multiple gods or separable divine attributes, and the suffix does not make compassion a resource the psalmist controls.

High: David appeals not to his deserving but to the abundance of God's tender mercy as he asks for rebellion to be erased.

The construct plural receives Your and stands after according to, while the adjective great describes the abundance of the compassion invoked.. The masculine plural construct noun carries a second masculine singular suffix, addressing God and naming His compassions as the measure of the appeal.. Attached to Your great as the abundant divine mercy according to which the psalmist asks that transgressions be blotted out. Governed by the opening plea for mercy grounded in God's loving devotion and abundant compassion. Plural form does not imply multiple gods or separable divine attributes, and the suffix does not make compassion a resource the psalmist controls.

Whose compassion grounds the opening request in Psalm 51? The second-person suffix addresses God: the psalmist asks according to Your abundant compassion.

Direct: Compassion uses an English singular collective for a Hebrew plural that emphasizes the fullness of God's tender mercies.

Hebrew plural can express repeated acts or abundant quality, and English singular compassion communicates the attribute naturally here. According to presents the basis or measure of the plea without making mercy an impersonal quantity.

Plural mercies means multiple deities: Number belongs to the compassion noun, while the singular suffix addresses the one God. compassion removes need for confession: The plea names transgressions directly and seeks mercy precisely because guilt is serious. morphology replaces literary context: The H7356 form clarifies the compassion relation in Psalms 51:1; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

At Psalms 51:1, the Psalms 51:1 source token רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ is H7356, N-mpc | 2ms. The H7356 Psalms 51:1 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

רַחַם is the lemma behind compassion here. Within Psalms 51:1, H7356 retains this exact lexical identity.

The construct plural receives Your and stands after according to, while the adjective great describes the abundance of the compassion invoked.

David appeals not to his deserving but to the abundance of God's tender mercy as he asks for rebellion to be erased.

Psalm 51 roots repentance in God's steadfast character, allowing grave confession to approach Him with hope rather than presumption.

Trace the suffix to God and the according to phrases to the basis of the plea: loving devotion and abundant compassion, not personal merit.

Do not count separate mercies from the plural, and do not turn God's compassion into permission to minimize the transgressions confessed.